| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-4054-2 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
USN-4054-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced
various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
A sandbox escape was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to
installing a malicious language pack, an attacker could exploit this to
gain additional privileges. (CVE-2019-9811)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information, bypass same origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks, conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks, spoof
origin attributes, spoof the addressbar contents, bypass safebrowsing
protections, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11709, CVE-2019-11710,
CVE-2019-11711, CVE-2019-11712, CVE-2019-11713, CVE-2019-11714,
CVE-2019-11715, CVE-2019-11716, CVE-2019-11717, CVE-2019-11718,
CVE-2019-11719, CVE-2019-11720, CVE-2019-11721, CVE-2019-11723,
CVE-2019-11724, CVE-2019-11725, CVE-2019-11727, CVE-2019-11728,
CVE-2019-11729)
It was discovered that Firefox treats all files in a directory as same
origin. If a user were tricked in to downloading a specially crafted HTML
file, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive
information from local files. (CVE-2019-11730)
Affected Software/OS:
'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
7.5
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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